become impregnated with calcium salts become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify
convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock" turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries" become impregnated with calcium salts become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify
The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue
a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations" tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
(no longer used in SSSA publications) The process or processes of soil formation in which the surface soil is kept sufficiently supplied with calcium to saturate the soil cation exchange sites, or the process of accumulation of calcium in some horizon of the profile, such as the calcic horizon of some Aridisols and Mollisols
the pulp is hardened due to calcium and phosphorous salts Calculus: hardened plaque Cavities when acids decalcify the tooth enamal and disintegrates the dentin Caused by acids produced by microbialenzymatic action on ingested carbohydrates Cementum: the dull yellow surface of a root Cingulum: an enlargement or bulge on the lingual aspect of the front teeth Contact point: area where two adjacent teeth touch each other You floss the contact point Crossbite: when the lower back teeth overlap the upper back teeth when closing the mouth Crowding: lack of space produces teeth that are overlapping Cusp: a point or peak on the top surface of a tooth D
The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue